Sept 7th, 1975: Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31 @ Ottawa Rough Riders 56

I'm currently adding results from the 1975 Rough Riders season and happened upon the highest points total put together by the club in a single game. This was a nice find made all the sweeter by the fact that a) I wasn't actually looking for it and hadn't planned to and b) it was dropped on Hamilton.

I don't believe that the team has broken that scoring record. I've found games in which they scored in the low 50s but not over 56, even with overtime.

It seems rather modest as a record for a team with a 120-year history. You'd think that at some point they'd have gone against a completely overmatched opponent and notched more than 56 points. Montreal's record, for example, is 82 points (also against Hamilton, hilariously, in 1955). Toronto's is 70 and they also scored 68 in another game.

Hamilton's record is 67 but it came against Saskatchewan. Any Tiger-Cat success is loathsome in and of itself but if it's at least directed against Saskatchewan, there's that silver lining.

It's shocking that Ottawa never crossed that 60-mark against one of the shitty pre-Alouettes Montreal teams, for example, but evidently that simply hasn't taken place. Ah well. But at least the record was set against Hamilton and for that we should be appreciative.